as i am searching about above grade slab, I found your cool videos. Very impressive, I love it! and I just want to ask is the radiant heat flooring to protect the concrete foundation from cracking or to heat the building? and where are you guys, or if you don't want to say, I am just wondering what type of climate you guys have do you have a lot of snow?
@@Kay-ci5kj hi, glad you liked the video. The radiant heating is to heat the house. We are in Canada, the winter in our area is not too bad, up to -10C and 4" of snow per month on average.
You can totally do it, in our case because of the recess (8") in the center of the slab it was easier to deal with this way. We have only one layer (2") under the vapour barrier in that area .
My next questions are why the 8” recess ( is it structural for fireplace masonry) and how did the concrete pour go ? I’m planning on doing the same frost protected shallow foundation in Ontario . Thanks for the info .
as i am searching about above grade slab, I found your cool videos. Very impressive, I love it! and I just want to ask is the radiant heat flooring to protect the concrete foundation from cracking or to heat the building? and where are you guys, or if you don't want to say, I am just wondering what type of climate you guys have do you have a lot of snow?
@@Kay-ci5kj hi, glad you liked the video. The radiant heating is to heat the house. We are in Canada, the winter in our area is not too bad, up to -10C and 4" of snow per month on average.
@@OurSliceOfCanada Good for you! all the best :)
Just wondering why you put the vapour barrier between the layers of insulation instead of on top of the gravel ? 🇨🇦
You can totally do it, in our case because of the recess (8") in the center of the slab it was easier to deal with this way. We have only one layer (2") under the vapour barrier in that area .
My next questions are why the 8” recess ( is it structural for fireplace masonry) and how did the concrete pour go ? I’m planning on doing the same frost protected shallow foundation in Ontario . Thanks for the info .
@@qualitybydesign5119 yes, the recess was structural, we have a staircase in that area. The pour went well, we will post the video today.